Data Scientist vs Backend Engineer
Side-by-side salary and market comparison from real job listings.
Data Scientist
Backend Engineer
Median salary
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$52,000,057,200
25th percentile
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$94,374,121,338
75th percentile
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Top 10% earn above
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Listings with salary
235
330
Remote/hybrid
24%
25%
Top skills: Data Scientist
data-sciencefull-timedata science & analyticsmachine-learningai-training
Top skills: Backend Engineer
backend-developmentsoftware-engineeringsenior-backend-engineersenior-backend-software-engineerbackend-engineering
Both roles pay about the same at the median.
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